Daddy's nearly home

Lindsay Wakefield and her son Owen, 6 months, watch from the Groton boat launch Monday as the USS Virginia (SSN 774), carrying husband and father Seaman John Wakefield, passes under the Gold Star Memorial Bridge en route back to the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton following a one-month local operations deployment.Sean D. Elliot/The DayBuy Photo

Published February 05. 2013 12:09AM

Updated February 06. 2013 12:03AM

Lindsay Wakefield and her son Owen, 6 months, watch from the Groton boat launch Monday as the USS Virginia (SSN 774), carrying husband and father Seaman John Wakefield, passes under the Gold Star Memorial Bridge en route back to the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton following a one-month local operations deployment.